Posted on 07/22/2019 7:02:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
For the first time ever, the Russian State Duma honored the martyred Tsar Nicholas II and all the victims of the civil war with a minute of silence during its plenary session yesterday, the 101st anniversary of the martyrdom of the Royal Family.
“Today we propose to honor the memory of the last Russian tsar, to honor the memory of those innocently killed—all who died in the crucible of the civil war,” Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin tld his colleagues, who, hearing such words, rose from their seats, reports TASS.
The motion to honor the Tsar was raised by the head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and supported by the heads of the other factions, with the exception of the Communist Party, though its deputies who were present also stood for the minute of silence.
“Thank you all, because reconciliation beings when we all understand that it mustn’t be repeated, it is unacceptable,” said Volodin following the minute of silence. “I think the fact that today all the political factions of the State Duma honored the memory is a good basis to talk about the future,” he concluded, with the chamber reacting with applause.
“This means that all political forces represented in the Russian Parliament oppose civil confrontation, for the resolution of disputes and conflicts in a peaceful, democratic way,” commented Andrei Isaev, the First Deputy Head of the Duma, noting that many deputies are in favor of making the minute of silence on the day of the Royal Martyrs an annual tradition.
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By “Civil War” they mean the Bolshevik revolution?
Rasputin was an interesting guy.
“...with the exception of the Communist Party, though its deputies who were present also stood for the minute of silence.”
The Communists there may hate the Tsar, but they still didn’t ‘take a knee’. I’m old enough to remember when people in this country stood out of RESPECT for the country, even if they had issues. That was about 5 years ago.
The bolshevik revolution was followed by several years of Civil War between the “red” aka bolsheviks, and the “whites” representing all those fighting the communist plague.
“By “Civil War” they mean the Bolshevik revolution?”
Probably the ensuing war after the revolution. Went on for 3 years and nearly threw the Communists out of power. In other words “Missed it by that much”.
How many divisions does Stalin have now?
They actually had a full on civil war after that communist revolution. Something like 4 or 5 years, complete with tanks, artillery, cavalry, etc. The dead are literally uncountable.
About time! Now we just need to get Erdogan on his knees to apologize for the Armenian Genocide.
To say the least...
You would sooner see Erdogen become a Christian than see Turkey fess up to its genocide.
I teach a Russian Civil War (RCW) class for OLLI in Denver. Current estimate is 17,000,000 vs 720,000 for The Late Unpleasantness 1861-1865. Depending on the author RCW started as early as 1916 in the Muslim Fergana valley. The Soviets said it started in June 1918 when the Czech Legion (aka foreigners) “intervened” in Chelyabinsk against the Red Guards. The red white fighting in European Russia ended in 1920 along with the Polish war but 2 major revolts were not suppressed until 1922. In asia the Muslim Basmachi revolt lasted into the ‘30s.
The Czech Legion is an interesting footnote in history.
“RESTORE THE TSAR!”
That would seem to be what BHO meant when he said the US needed a domestic army as large as the US Army.
The Czech Legion is quite interesting. There are a number of books on them. They started as a small unit fighting with the tsarist army in 1914. In 1918 There were really only 2 combat effective veteran units; the Czechoslovak Legion (93% were Czech) for the Whites and the Latvian Rifles for the Reds.
Interesting how modern Russia walks a tightrope between honoring Soviet Times and the times of the Czars.
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